The delay in today’s jobs report is just the tip of the iceberg on the harms from the government shutdown.
The 60th Anniversary of This Landmark Civil Rights Order Reminds Us That Progress Is Possible
The 60th anniversary of Executive Order 11246 reminds of the progress it made possible and the urgent need for Congress to restore and strengthen its protections.
Congress Keeps Shortchanging the EEOC – And Workers Are Shouldering the Consequences
For decades, Congress has underfunded the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and workers – especially women workers – have paid the price.
Puerto Rico Deserves High-Quality, Locally-Driven Data for Gender Equity
As we fight to preserve data from the Trump administration’s campaign to erase women, people of color and LGBTQI+ people, it’s important to remember that the status quo before 2025 was never good enough. A particularly stark example of data inequity is Puerto Rico.
This Labor Day, the Trump Labor Department Wants to Rollback Dozens of Pro-Worker Rules — and They Don’t Seem to Care What Workers Think
The Trump Labor Department is marking Labor Day this year by advancing more than 60 rollbacks to worker protection rules. And their actions suggest they don’t care what workers think.
5 Ways the Trump Administration is Eroding the Economic Stability of Black Women and the Pathways Used by Black Workers to Move Into the Middle Class
For Black families – and Black women in particular – President Trump’s targeting of key pathways to the middle-class is a serious threat to their economic well-being. This blog highlights five ways the Administration is pushing economic stability and security further out of reach.
Social Security at 90: Three Truths and A Terrible Trumpy Lie About One of America’s Greatest Economic Programs
Social Security is the foundation of economic security for people in the United States, particularly women of color. Here are three facts you should know about Social Security at 90 – and one awful lie that the Trump administration and its billionaire cronies are desperate for you to believe.
The July jobs report reveals a faltering economy – and Black women and single moms are bearing the brunt of Trump’s economic policies | #JobsDay July 2025
The July jobs report reveals a faltering economy – and Black women and single moms are bearing the brunt of the Trump Slump.
The Trump Labor Department Commemorated Disability Pride Month by Turning Its Back On Workers With Disabilities
This Disability Pride Month, we mark the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. But rather than building on progress made for disabled workers, the Trump Labor Department is actively undermining the workplace protections and supports that millions of workers with disabilities rely on.
How the Trump Administration Could Widen the Wage Gap for Black Women
July 10, 2025 is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, commemorating how far into the year that Black women need to work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men made in the previous year.
Déjà vu all over again – The EEOC Mission to Combat Employment Discrimination is Getting Harder Amid Anti-Civil Rights Attacks by the Trump Administration
Understanding the EEOC’s essential role, its history, and the continued importance of its work is more critical than ever, especially in a political moment where the Trump administration is aggressively questioning its merit and dismantling longstanding civil rights enforcement tools.
An Open Letter to Working Women: The Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Are Attacks on Us — It’s Time to Act
Dear Working Women: We are under attack. Across the country, extremist politicians and corporate billionaires are working to eliminate hard won protections for working women. The 75 Million campaign will hold policy makers accountable as they block policies that support working women.
The New Jim ‘Bro’
Americans are witnessing in real-time a full-throated assault on freedom and democracy, perhaps the most aggressive roll-back of civil rights protections in generations. Using loosely defined notions of “government efficiency,” Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their new...
In 50 years, women have never felt worse about how the government is handling the economy than they do under Trump | #JobsDay May 2025
The Trump administration is wrecking the economy – and women know it. During the last nearly 50 years, women have never felt worse about how the government is handling the economy than they do under Trump and unemployment rates for Black women and veteran women are climbing.
Under 50? The Trump-Musk-DOGE Attack on Social Security Is Coming for You Too.
Even if retirement feels out of reach, younger Americans can’t afford to ignore the GOP’s coordinated effort to sabotage Social Security from the inside out.
Solid Job Growth, but Tariffs-Driven Slowdown on the Horizon | #JobsDay April 2025
Today’s Jobs Report showed continued growth, but with the newly announced tariffs on “Liberation Day” chances of a recession are growing
The Gender Wage Gap Widened For the First Time in Two Decades, and Trump Responds by Rolling Back Protections that Help Workers Discover Discriminatory Pay
For the first time in 20 years, the gender wage gap widened. Rather than focusing on policies that would help narrow the gender wage gap, the Trump Administration cut a ten-year-old protection that helps workers discover pay discrimination.
Women’s share of the veteran workforce is at an all-time high – but Trump’s policies threaten their success
Women’s share of the veterans’ workforce is at an all-time high – but President Trump and Elon Musk’s attacks on veterans and service members threatens their employment prospects and economic security.
Today’s Jobs Numbers Do Not Capture the Economic Whiplash We Have All Been Experiencing | #JobsDay March 2025
Monthly jobs data shows continuing economic growth, but other warning signs are flashing of an economy on the brink of slowing down
Workers with disabilities continue to benefit from expanded workplace flexibility, but are suffering from Trump’s attacks
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released annual data about disabled people in the U.S. workforce showing a continued upward trend through 2024. However, inequities remain for disabled people, particularly disabled women and disabled people of color, and threats from the Trump administration could threaten this progress.
